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(No Model.) J. O. HAIRB.

WALL DEGORATION.

Patented Sept. 28, 1890.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. HAIRE, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE ANTI-KALSOMINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WALL DECORATION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 437,112, datedSeptember 23, 1890.

Application filed December 3,1889. Serial No. 332,437- (No model.)

Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in WallOrnamentation; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same. I

My invention relates to the ornamentation of tiles or panels in wallornamentation. It is used in connection with the formation of suchfinishing in plastic materials as wrought upon the surface of the tilewhile the material is plastic, the material being'allowed to set orharden after it has been finished, and obviously this may be applied totiles made separately and applied to the wall as other tiles areapplied, or it maybe applied directly to the wall to form ornamentalfigures in borders or panels.

The material used preferably by me in connection with the method heredescribed is a gypsum preparation mixed with materials which will retardthe setting; but I do not confine myself to the use of this, as water,cement, or any plastic may also be used for the purpose.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a face View of the tile or 'panel ornamented in accordancewith my invention. Fig. 2 represents a section of a tile with theoperating-block.

In the drawings, A represents the tile, a being the plastic material ofthe face.

The figure B represents trees having branches b b. This representationof trees with their branches is formed by means of the block 0, and maybe simply a small piece of plate made nearly the size of the panelportion of surface or tile to be ornamented. While the plastic materialis still soft, the board is laid directly upon it with a smooth facedownward and with a lower edge of the board a little above the loweredge of the panel or tile. Then the block is moved from side to sidegently and slightly, so asto move the air out from under the block. Thenthe block is slightly lifted at the upper edge, the surface being insubstantially vertical plane, and the plastic material adheres to theboard in lines running vertically or in a direction approximatelyvertical, being at right angles to the line of lateral movement of theblock used to expel the air, as above described. These lines, alladherent, are numerous at the top; but as the block is raised at theupper end slightly from the surface and at the same time gently slipsdownward the lines run together in grooves into single lines or one fromeach group, and these form the tpunks, or what represents the trunks, oftrees, and as the Whole block is lifted off, being slightly swung fromthe upper end, the lower parts are larger and raised higher than theupper parts ofthe figures thus formed. Preferably the surface of theblock in contact with the plastic material is slightly rounded from topto bottom, it being understood that the top of the block is the partlifted 01f first.

. I claim as my invention The mode of ornamenting plastic surfaces, asabove described, the same consisting in applying a substantially smoothblock to the surface while the material is soft and then graduallylifting it 0d, first slightly from the top, while moving it slightlydownward.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN C. HAIRE.

Witnesses;

OSCAR F. POWELL, J. L. HAMILTON.

